Oxygen Art Centre’s Continuing Arts Education Programming for Winter/Spring 2016: TO REGISTER: – ONLINE REGISTRATION (click here!) OR by Phone: 250-352-6322 For more information about classes or help with registration please contact Oxygen Art Centre at: P: 250 352 6322 E: info@oxygenartcentre.org Spring 2016 Semester schedule: Painting Intensive : Wrestling with Colour with Deborah Thompson 4 classes: March 7, 8, 9, 10, 9.30am – 3pm Daily Course Description: This painting intensive will allow students to set up in the oxygen studio for the week and focus on the creation of
Read More »Join us for an evening of films made by local youth on Saturday, January 23rd at 7pm at the Capitol Theatre in Nelson. Selected films from emerging filmmaking talent from Mt Sentinel Secondary School, Selkirk College Digital Arts program and Digital Film Camp for Youth will be shown, programmed by Kootenay filmmaking mentors Heather Shippit and Amy Bohigian. The event is a fundraiser for Oxygen Art Centre’s 2nd Annual Youth Arts Festival, and in keeping with the festival’s goals the evening celebrates the work of youth ages 15-29. Tickets are
Read More »Glamourie – Sam Talbot-Kelly Residency dates: December 7, 2015 – January 7, 2016 Exhibition dates: January 9 – February 6, 2016 Gallery hours: Wednesday – Saturday 1-5pm Opening night: Friday January 8, 2016 from 7-9pm *Performance at 7.30pm! Artist Talk: Saturday January 9, 2016 at 4pm The Oxygen Art Centre will mark the turning of the year and the coming of the light with the introspective creativity of multimedia artist Sam Talbot-Kelly. The artist is in residence for the month of December working on explorations into the ancient ways of
Read More »The collaborative project High Muck a Muck: Playing Chinese, developed through Oxygen’s Art Centre’s Artist in Residence program, has won the UK based, New Media Writing Prize. High Muck a Muck: Playing Chinese is an interactive website and installation exploring Chinese immigration and settlement in British Columbia. The project was created by a team of Nelson and Vancouver artists including Nicola Harwood, former director of Oxygen Art Centre, Fred Wah, former Poet Laureate of Canada, artist / performers Bessie Wapp and Thomas Loh and composer Jin Zhang. Significant artistic contributions
Read More »Please join us for Oxygen’s Annual General Meeting! Followed by a stroll down memory lane as we celebrate 10 years in the Oxygen Art Centre studio! SCHEDULE 7 – 7.30pm Annual General Meeting 7.30 – 9pm Soiree and recollections At the end of this year, Oxygen Art Centre will have occupied the studio space at 320 Vernon Street for 10 years! Please join us in remembering over a decade of rural artist run culture, as we prepare for a major exhibition, publication and series of presentations, workshops and performances
Read More »Oxygen Art Centre’s Continuing Arts Education Programming for Fall 2015: TO REGISTER: (Registration is now closed) OR by Phone: 250-352-6322 For more information about classes or help with registration please contact Oxygen Art Centre at: P: 250 352 6322 E: info@oxygenartcentre.org Fall 2015 Semester schedule: Low-tech Printmaking with Natasha Smith 6 classes: October 6 – November 10, 6-9pm Tuesdays Course Description: Explore the basics of low-tech printmaking and investigate processes that can be done without the use of a printmaking press. Simple plate-making and image transfer methods will be demonstrated
Read More »THREE AUTHORS READ IN NELSON OCT. 8 TO CELEBRATE WEST KOOTENAY CREATIVE WRITING EDUCATION Three authors on Thursday, Oct. 8 will celebrate nearly 50 years of creative writing education in the West Kootenay. Reading at 7:30 p.m. as part of the Presentation Series of Nelson’s Oxygen Art Centre will be local pioneer creative writing teacher Fred Wah and Nelson’s two newest writing instructors, Sonnet L’Abbe and Leesa Dean. The event is free ($5 donation appreciated) and open to the public. The Oxygen Art Centre is located at 320 Vernon St
Read More »The Magic of Marbling onto Fabric with Natalie Purschwitz – WORKSHOP IS FULL Oxygen Art Centre is pleased to present a workshop in the ancient art of marbling by Vancouver based artist Natalie Purschwitz. Dating back to 12th Century Japan, the ancient craft of marbling has amazed artists all around the world with its magical process of swirling inks, dyes and paints on a liquid surface to produce beautiful, organic patterns. For hundreds of years throughout Asia, the Mediterranean and across Europe, marbling has been used to create original artworks,
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